Allied Line Restored.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 11 May 1918, Page 3

Allied Line Restored.

GERMAN CLAIMS,

Received this day at 11.45 a.m. liondon, May 10,

Sir Douglas Haig reports: 'At tilie conclusion of the fitting on the morning of the 9th in the y tte-Voormezelle sector, the (PrancoBritisli positions were completely reef|';abUshed. The enemy, after artillery preparation launched two early loca'l attacks in the neighbourhood of Albert and Honzinconrt. Our rifle fire broke up the latter attack, the enemy not reaching our trenches. The enemy, after suffering heavy casualties from ouv lue at Albert, effected a lodgment m our advanced position* on n front of 150 ■varete Our ©ountor-a.ttadc recaptured a small port/on of the: front trenj Hostile airtillery is active on Somme and Ancre valleys and at dtf fevent points on the A wired ess German official mea „ says: Our local attacks southwardl of Dickebusch Lake were «£ cessful. We 'stormed strongly fortified positions on the east tank of the V* verbrook on a width of two and ran into a Franco-Bifeh .attack which "wits dispatched. The enemy attack was fully developed only astride the ReninghcbtVKemmel road and was repulsed together with counter-at-tacks a.iainst our new positions. W ° prisonered 675 belonging to sk 1- rencb and two British tljvlsioivs wlncb suffervfl heavily. We Tepnlsed English advances on the *onth bank of tV.c I*s neai 1 Bucquoy.